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Aldo Carrascoso

Align Commerce – Co-Founder & COO

Aldo is the Co-Founder and COO of Align Commerce. Align Commerce uses the blockchain to change the way global payments are sent and received across the world, making the process much simpler, faster, more transparent and secure. Align Commerce’s notable investors include Kleiner, Perkins, Caufiled, Byers (lead by Randy Komisar), Silicon Valley Bank Ventures, Recruit Strategic Partners, NYCA Investment Partnership LP. (led by Hans Morris, former President of Visa and Max Levchin, founding CTO of PayPal).

Prior to founding Align Commerce, Aldo was the Co-Founder and Founding CTO of Jukin Technologies / Jukin Media – one of the world’s largest User Generated Content (UGC) licensing platforms with over 12 billion views, 50 million shares and over 10 million active contributors and subscribers all over the world. Jukin is currently being used by some of the world’s largest television networks and production companies, with FOX, ABC, ESPN, CNN and the BBC all using Jukin to license UGCs. Jukin’s notable investors include Bertelsmann Digital Media Investments Inc., Launchpad LA, and Maker Studios.

Aldo is a serial entrepreneur, and prior to Jukin he founded a number of ventures in the global matchmaking (B2B), international trading / finance & business process outsourcing (BPO) industries with companies located in Boston and Manila, Philippines.

Aldo has an MBA in Entrepreneurship from Babson and his expertise include digital currency technology, global payment systems , scalable platforms, and cloud computing.

Amir Ofek

Cyberint – Chief Executive Officer

Mr. Ofek is the CEO of CyberInt. He is also a partner at BVL and a board director at Gilat Satellite Networks. In his prior roles, Mr. Ofek was the VP Client Business Executive for SingTel Group at Amdocs and a Director of Management Services at Amdocs. Mr. Ofek is a Captain (Ret.) in the elite IDF Intelligence unit (8200).

Mr. Ofek holds a BSc in Industrial Engineering and Management from the Technion and an MBA from INSEAD.

Amit Chaubey

Facebook – Head of Marketing Science – Asia

Amit is head of Marketing Science Southeast Asia at Facebook.He has a passion for data and using it to solve real world business problems.His specialty is measuring marketing ROI and he has spent over a decade understanding how marketers can drive higher impact and profitability through their marketing activities.

Amy Avery

J. Walter Thompson – Global Head of Analytics

Amy is one of those people who has to find a reason for everything. Where other people see a web site, Amy sees heat maps, click paths, and conversions. Most people open their mailbox to get the mail; Amy goes to hers to confirm that her segmentation hasn’t changed. So it’s a good thing that Amy spends her days looking for answers in consumers’ digital behaviors. As Worldwide Head of Data and Analytics, Amy’s team leverages data to provide actionable insights. Part of their focus is to identify opportunities and targets. Another part is outcome-based planning, measurement and optimization recommendations. Amy returns to JWT after 4 years at BBDO/Proximity, where she was Head of Data and Analytics, building the digital analytics capability from the ground up. Working with brands such as AT&T, Hewlett Packard, FedEx, GE, and Starbucks, she created measurement frameworks that spanned both consumer and B2B advertising. Having solid grounding in direct, CRM and digital work, she has also worked as an Account Director leading teams that handle web site development, online media, direct mail, database management and measurement and analytics programs. Away from her work and her numerous spreadsheets, Amy lives in NYC with her two children. Not too surprisingly, they have a tendency to ask why a lot.

Andrew Thomas

Ogilvy PR – President – SEA & India

Andrew Thomas joined Ogilvy PR in 2005 as managing director of the Singapore office. He was appointed regional managing director SE Asia in January 2010 and then President of Southeast Asia & India in January 2014. Prior to joining Ogilvy PR, Andrew worked in the publishing arena for 20 years, managing the business operations of the International Herald Tribune in South Asia, and Communication Management, producer of society magazine, Singapore Tatler. In 1999, Andrew developed internet and broadcast partnerships for the International Herald Tribune. His understanding of the traditional world of media and information against the current opportunity of digital and social media is through a practical and experienced lens. Having managed a number of successful regional businesses, Andrew understands the complexity of the communications business from both the agency and client perspective. Andrew has used his public relations expertise to counsel a wide variety of Singapore and regional CEOs from crisis management counsel and media coaching to working directly with business leaders to shape their strategies. As a Board member and advisor on a number of government panels he is aware of the cultural and organizational issues impacting Singapore and other countries across the region. Some of these include: EXCO of IAA Singapore, Board Members of BRITCHAM, and Singapore Polytechnic’s Advisory Committee Member. A frequent speaker at industry and business events, he has moderated conferences and panel discussions involving many senior political figures and business leaders in Singapore. In 2010, Andrew was named “Outstanding PR Professional of the Year” at the PRISM Awards organised by the Institute of Public Relations of Singapore. Under his tenure, Ogilvy PR Singapore was named PR Agency of the Year by Marketing Magazine for four consecutive years (2010, 2011, 2012 & 2013). Recently, he led the Southeast Asia team to win the SABRE Awards for Southeast Asia Consultancy of the Year. Andrew holds a Master’s degree from the Macquarie Graduate School of Management, Australia.

Anne Cecil Michaud Lichtenstein

Havas Media – Global Chief Strategy Officer

As Global Head of Strategy, Anne-Cécile leads strategic planning across all integrated media for Havas Media Group. Partnering closely with local operations and multi-disciplinary teams across the network, she helps design meaningful brand connections to meet the current and future needs of clients and offering partners.

Anne-Cécile is responsible for strategic methodologies and processes, new business strategy and awards, and she manages the 3Is community, the network made of all Havas Media strategic planners through the world. Anne-Cécile has spent over 20 years working in both media and advertising agancies.

Before joining Havas Media 5 years ago, Anne-Cécile was BETC Head of Strategy, where she was in charge of Air France, Lacoste, Petit Bateau and Peugeot. She was previously Vice-President of Leg in charge of strategies. On the media side, she spent 5 years as DDB Media Director after starting her carreer at OMD and Initiative Media. She was then working on PPR, Henkel and LVMH.

Anton Ojeda

Zomato – Country Manager – Philippines

Anton is the country manager of Zomato Philippines. He leads the young, dynamic Manila-based team in all its continual efforts to grow and maintain Zomato as the biggest restaurant discovery platform in the Philippines. Anton has had over 10 years of experience in the information technology sector, and was a pioneer in the Philippine gaming industry, building and developing several of the most prominent game publishers today. A crazed food-lover, Anton is always on the lookout for the greatest food experiences in the metro.

Ashok Patro

To The New – Vice President – Southeast Asia / Vice President – Analytics Services

Bill Kahlert

Inbox25 – Co-Founder

Bill Kahlert is a co-founder at INBOX25, a leading marketing automation platform headquartered in New York City, with clients in 60+ countries around the world. Bill’s is focused on leading all aspects of revenue generation activities on a global basis to business strategy consulting. Bill has successfully co-founded two other technology firms which resulted in successful exits. Bill is a passionate college football fan as well as an amateur cook of all things not exactly healthy but always delicious. While his daughters claim he should open a restaurant he prefers to leave that to the professionals.

Bon Sananvatananont

Sephora – Head of Marketing

Chris Pattinson

Grapeshot – Director – Asia – Pacific

Chris has been living in Asia since 1984, with a short break to attend University in London during the Mid-90’s. A known business leader of more than 15 years in the Media industry in Asia, Chris has held regional and global roles at some of the world’s largest media companies including ESPN, Viacom and Yahoo!, embracing both sales and strategy across traditional, digital, performance and content media. Today, Chris runs the Asia-Pacific business for Grapeshot: a unique contextual categorisation solution that leverages keywords to define content. With roots in publishing and a key focus in the programmatic arena, Grapeshot offers strategic applications for both buyers and sellers of digital media.

Christel Quek

Brandwatch – Vice President – Asia-Pacific

Currently Vice President of APAC at Brandwatch, an exciting, fast-growing social media intelligence company. We’re ranked as the leader in Asia Pacific by Forrester in 2016. What drives me is my interest in the momentum of behaviour and industries across new technology. Previously, I led Content for Twitter across Asia-Pacific, Middle East, North Africa, Russia & Greater China. At Twitter, I developed #WinAtContent, the first always-on content planning program in the region, and produced Twitter’s first book for its international markets – “Tweets From the Top – Twitter for Executives, Asia-Pacific”. I’ve also led Social Business for Samsung Asia, and worked with clients such as Intel, DBS Bank, Globe Telecom, Hong Kong Tourism Board and KLM Airlines as the Global Social Manager for Havas. Industries nominations include: Business Insider as one of the top 30 people from the advertising industry to follow on Twitter, Campaign Asia-Pacific as one of the top 20 women to watch in Asia-Pacific in 2014. In 2013, I was nominated as a Top 10 Digital Strategist to watch by The Guardian, and also as a finalist in the Rising Star Award for Festival of Media Asia-Pacific.

Claire Waring

SapientNitro – Executive Creative Director – Southeast Asia

Claire has been crafting and directing award winning work for over 20 years. She is passionate about digital, fluent in advertising and focused on taking brands well beyond the traditional interruption model. Claire believes in bringing technology, insight and ideas together to create work that is of true value to consumers. Whether it be utility, entertainment or experience. It’s no coincidence this approach generates great results for brands – both in developed markets and those rapidly emerging, like Asia. From beginnings as a “new media” interface designer in Australia, her career has spanned London, Amsterdam, Hong Kong and now Singapore. She has held creative leadership roles at Havas, TBWA\Digital Arts Network, Saatchi & Saatchi and is now Executive Creative Director across South East Asia for SapientNitro. Her work has been recognized by the likes of Cannes, Caples, One Show Interactive and AWARD to name a few. Claire has also sat on many a jury, including Mobile for Cannes 2016.

Crystal Lee

VIBER – Regional Head – Southeast Asia

Crystal Lee manages Viber in Southeast Asia with over 90 million registered users handling seven key markets – Myanmar, Philippines, Vietnam, Singapore, Thailand, Malaysia, and Indonesia. She launched Viber in the Philippines, heading marketing and operations in 2013 and was promoted to lead the whole SEA region. She previously launched Rocket Internet’s Lazada in the Philippines as Brand Head in 2012 and headed marketing for Yahoo Philippines in 2011 and for Estee Lauder in 2009.

Dan Neary

Facebook – Vice President – Asia-Pacific

Dan, VP at Facebook, leads the global marketing solutions teams across Asia Pacific and plays a key role in building and maintaining strategic relationships with top regional agencies and clients. He is based in Singapore. Dan has over 20 years of executive level experience in both US-based and Asia-based roles. Prior to Facebook, he was the Vice President of Market Development at Skype, managing local marketing channels and partnerships across APAC, EMEA, and the Americas. During his tenure, Skype went thru a spin-off from eBay, ownership by a consortium led by Silver Lake PE, and was ultimately acquired by Microsoft in what was their largest ever acquisitions. Prior to Skype, Dan was the Vice President of Emerging Markets at eBay where he managed the company’s businesses in Southeast Asia, India, and the Middle East. Dan joined eBay in 2002 in California where he initially ran one of its largest business units. Prior to eBay, Dan was the COO of Vendio – a leading eCommerce software solutions firm backed by Sequoia Capital and eventually acquired by Alibaba. Dan began his career at the Kellogg Company in various US-based marketing roles and ultimately led many of the company’s expansion activities in Asia. In his last role Dan was the General Manager of the company’s Greater-China business, based in Guangzhou, China. In his free time, Dan is active in the entrepreneurial community and helps advise tech start-ups on a range of issues from fund raising to business development. Dan received his MBA degree from DePaul University, USA.

Dan Austin

Mastercard – Consumer Marketing Head – Asia-Pacific

Dan has extensive marketing and general management experience in the U.S., Latin America and now Asia. He began working in advertising in New York at DDB and then moved on to brand management at Pfizer. Later, at American Express, he worked in roles including Consumer Card Head for Latin America & Caribbean. While there, his teams led merchant acceptance, alliances, Membership Rewards, cross sell, CRM, loyalty, customer acquisition and product launches like Platinum, Blue and Centurion. In 2003 he founded a customer loyalty consultancy that evolved into Black Sheep, a marketing and advertising agency for the Americas. Client experience includes American Express, Bally Total Fitness, Cerveza Tropical, LendingTree, Medtronic, NASA Federal, SAP, Scotiabank and PriceSmart. Dan returned to the corporate world in 2011 for MasterCard in Latin America & Caribbean where he led Consumer Marketing, Planning & Insights. He transitioned to Singapore in 2015 and assumed the role of Consumer Marketing Head for Asia Pacific overseeing sponsorships, digital, media and Priceless. Dan was born in Canada and has lived and worked in the United States and Latin America. He is a UCLA graduate, Thunderbird MBA and coaches youth baseball.

Daniel Pang

App Annie – Research and Analysis Manager – Asia-Pacific

As Research & Analysis Manager, Daniel contributes regional expertise in the mobile app industry, with specific focus on the Asia Pacific region. Daniel has authored reports that highlight key developments across the app ecosystem especially for emerging markets such as India and Southeast Asia which have seen rapid growth in smartphone adoption. Daniel brings over 8 years of experience in researching on the consumer and enterprise mobility space, client computing devices (PCs, mobile phones, tablets, displays, projectors and wearables) and Internet of Things (IoT) industry. Before joining App Annie, Daniel led a team of analysts based across the Southeast Asia region at IDC and has spent a considerable amount of time on the ground in various Asian markets researching and understanding the region’s technology ecosystem. He holds a bachelor’s degree in Marketing from University of South Australia.

David Margendorff

PawnHero – Co-Founder and CEO

At age 16, David started his very first e-Commerce start-up. Today, he is part of a very exciting Fintech start-up, PawnHero – the 1st Online Pawnshop in Southeast Asia. PawnHero won e27’s title “Most Promising Startup 2015 in Asia”? at Echelon. Paul has international academic experience from universities in London, Buenos Aires, Barcelona and the US. Previously he launched Malaysia’s leading financial comparison website and led the expansion in the Philippines. CompareAsiaGroup is now the largest financial comparison website in Asia. He has worked for a private equity and fund advisory firm in Switzerland, and for Erns & Young. He gained background in Corporate Finance while working in London. In 2011 he was a finalist in the 2011 Deloitte Top Technology Competition and received an award for innovation in the German e-commerce space.

Dindo Marzan

Voyager Innovations – Managing Director / Vice President

Doc Ligot

Teradata – Industry Consultant – Philippines

Dominic “Doc” Ligot specializes in risk management, digital transformation, and big data analytics for data and analytics firm Teradata. His industry exposure includes work for financial services, consumer processed goods, retail, media,communications, and oil and gas companies.

Doc brings to his role more than seventeen years of experience in data-driven decision making. His career includes work for clients in the Philippines, Malaysia, Indonesia, Thailand, Singapore, China, India, Turkey and Australia. He was previously Head of Global Risk Analytics and Head of Governance and Regulatory at the Australia and New Zealand Banking Group (ANZ), and was Vice President for Consumer Assets Product Management at the Hong Kong and Shanghai Banking Corporation (HSBC).

Doc is a Teradata Aster Certified Professional. He is also a Certified Risk Analyst, a Member of the Association of Certified Fraud Examiners and teaches the Digital Marketing Analytics track for the Certified Digital Marketer (CDM) courses. He holds a degree in Business Administration from the University of the Philippines and Graduate Certificates in Data-Driven Marketing and Advanced Marketing Research from the Johnson Graduate School of Management, Cornell University, Ithaca, New York.

Fergus Clarke

Lamplight Analytics – Chief Executive Officer

Fergus is a market researcher by trade and CEO of Lamplight Analytics. He has held senior research positions in Asia, Europe and the Middle East, most recently as Head of Research in North Asia for PR giant, Edelman.

Francis Del Val

Cobena Business Analytics & Strategy, Inc. – Chief Executive Officer

Three decades working and living in different parts of Asia and the United Kingdom, overseeing businesses in Asia Pacific, Latin America, Middle East and Russia & Commonwealth states. Strategist and activator across Fast moving consumer goods, Pharmaceutical, Consumer Healthcare, Banking and integrated marketing communications. Graduate of Unilever, Glaxosmithkline, Warner Lambert and Bank of the Philippine Islands.

Accomplished entrepreneur. Dedicated academician for over ten years. Business leader, heading companies as well as industry associations in various countries in Southeast Asia. Certified Executive Coach, Green Belt six sigma practitioner. Highly creative, loves working with and bringing out the best in people. Self-confessed geek.

Gautam Talwar

Maker Studios – General Manager – Southeast Asia

Guy Hearn

Omnicom Media Group – APAC – Chief Innovation Officer

Guy Hearn is Chief Innovation Officer, Asia Pacific for Omnicom Media Group and also heads up What’s Next, OMG’s future focused innovations lab. As such he is responsible for insights, research, analytics, development of communications strategy, measuring, developing and incubating new streams of business and delivering innovation in consumer understanding and planning within the region. Guy is based in Omnicom Media Group’s regional headquarters in Singapore. He has been living in Asia since 1997 and works with clients and teams throughout Asia Pacific but especially in China, Australia, India and the ASEAN nations. Guy is a graduate of The University of Western Australia, where he majored in history and anthropology. He is a frequent speaker at media, consumer insights and related events When not trying to understand consumers, he struggles to balance other obsessions such as music, art, football, cycling, Formula One, wine and reading. He was once the cofounder of an online jewellery business that sank without trace, thus demonstrating that all the strategy in the world won’t help you if the product is no good.

Gwendolyn Regina

Mashable – Head of Strategy & Business Development – APAC

Gwendolyn is currently spearheading Mashable’s global expansion into Asia. Previously she built and sold tech startup-focused media, SGEntrepreneurs to Tech in Asia. Gwen was also a founding team member of an early stage technology investment firm in Singapore with a portfolio that includes iHipo (acquired), Eteract (rolled up into LunchActually) and Padlet (Y Combinator alum). Her angel investments include Oddle.me, The Commissioned, and ShopBack. Gwen was a mentor at Polish tech startup incubator Gamma Rebels, was the Singapore curator for US-headquartered StartupDigest and the Singapore Ambassador for the Thousand Network – the leading global network of innovators under 30. Gwen is an alumnus of the National University of Singapore, graduated from its University Scholars Programme and spent a year at Stanford University doing technopreneurship. She has lived in Singapore, Ho Chi Minh city and California, and given talks across Asia, Europe and the US. Gwen speaks 3.25 languages, is passionate about physics, travelling, dance and adventure sports while her latest hobby sees her attempting to make people laugh through improv comedy.

Hedvig Lyche

King Content – Head of Strategy

Hedvig is a communications expert with over 10 years experience working as strategic lead in traditional, digital and content agencies across Europe, Australia and Asia. She holds a Bachelor of Honours in International Business and Communication from Auckland University. Hedvig is currently Head of Strategy, Asia at King Content and the General Manager of the Singapore office.

Inanc Balci

Lazada – Co-Founder and CEO – Philippines

Inanc Balci, 30, is the Co-Founder and Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of Lazada in Philippines. He assumed the role in March 2012. As the Co-Founder and Chief Executive Officer of Lazada in Philippines, Balci is the driving force for the Lazada brand and oversees all operations to ensure the success of Lazada in the Philippines. Balci began his career at an investment bank in London where he worked on mergers and acquisitions. He identified the strong potential of e-commerce and joined Rocket Internet in 2012 as a Managing Director. Balci was then appointed as Co-founder of Lazada in Philippines where he steered the growth of Lazada together with a pool of more than 1500 employees. Under his leadership, Balci has managed to progressively transform the shopping nuances of many Filipinos and defy the geographical boundaries in the 7100 islands of the Philippines by providing customers from the remote areas an access to the Lazada shopping experience. Within two years under Balci’s leadership, Lazada has successfully captured 90% of the online population in the Philippines with a direct audience of more than two million, making Lazada to be one of the most popular and most trusted e-commerce sites in the Philippines. Balci graduated with a double degree in Industrial Engineering and Economics from Purdue University in the United States.

Jacques Reber

Nestle – CEO & Chairman – Philippines

Mr. Jacques Reber is the Chairman and CEO of Nestle Philippines, Inc. Before his Philippine appointment, Mr. Reber served as Market Head of Nestlé Portugal. A Swiss national, Mr. Reber started his career in the Nestlé S.A. headquarters in Vevey, Switzerland as International Auditor in the Food Business in 1990. Three years later, he was transferred to France, where he established the Audit Department of Nestlé Waters in Paris. In 1994, he was promoted to Controller for South Europe and Asia, and in 1997, was asked to take on Mergers and Acquisitions for Zone AOA (Asia, Oceania and Africa). In 1999, Mr. Reber assumed the post of Country Business Manager of Nestlé Waters in Portugal, a position he held until 2003. He transferred to Paris in 2004, as Carrefour Key Account Director of Nestlé Waters France, his first foray into Sales. In 2005, he took on his first Asian assignment, as Country Business Manager of Nestlé Waters in Japan. He returned to Switzerland in 2007, where he worked for Nestlé’s Zone EMENA (Europe, Middle East and North Africa) on various projects including Nutrition, Health and Wellness, international key accounts and business development. In March 2009, he was appointed Managing Director of Nestlé Romania, a position he held up to December 2012. The following year, he became Market Head of Nestlé Portugal S.A. until his transfer to the Philippines in August 2015. Mr. Reber graduated from the University of Geneva with a Bachelor of Arts degree in Business Administration majoring in Management and Marketing.

Jean Marie Dru

TBWA \ Worldwide – Chairman

Born in 1947, Jean-Marie Dru, a graduate of HEC Business School, began his career in advertising in 1971. In 1984, he co-founded BDDP, which was acquired by Omnicom and merged with TBWA in 1998. He became President and CEO of TBWA\Worldwide in January 2001 and was appointed to his current role of Chairman in 2008. Jean-Marie Dru has published six books on advertising and marketing: Le Saut Créatif (Lattès, 1984), Disruption (John Wiley & Sons Inc., 1996), Beyond Disruption (John Wiley & Sons Inc., 2002), How Disruption Brought Order (Palgrave Macmillan, 2007), Jet Lag (powerHouse Books, 2012) and The Ways To New. 15 Paths To Disruptive Innovation, (John Wiley & Sons Inc., 2015). Jean-Marie Dru has been President of the Film Jury of the Cannes Advertising Festival twice – first in 1982 and again in 1998. He has also been the Jury President of the first-ever Cannes Creative Effectiveness Award in 2011. Jean-Marie Dru is also the President of the French Academy of Medicine Foundation since 2013 and the President of UNICEF France since June 2015. He is also a professor at the Paris Institute of Political Studies referred to as Sciences Po Paris. In 2008, Jean-Marie Dru was awarded the French Légion d’Honneur for his long lasting contribution to the advertising industry and to the business world. Jean-Marie Dru was officially inducted into the Advertising Hall of Fame in New York in April 2016.

John Merrifield

Google – Chief Creative Officer – Asia-Pacific

Having failed to enable his surfing to finance an enviable lifestyle, John emerged in Singapore, where an initial foray into adland was marked by six years at Batey Ads. Seven years at Saatchi’s followed, a highlight of which was getting the entire Tokyo office arrested. With time off for bad behaviour (read: eight months surfing) he joined TBWA, where his work for adidas – Vertical Football, Impossible Sprint, et al – soon earned worldwide acclaim. After another year off surfing in Hawaii and Bali, John joined Google in late 2012 as Chief Creative Officer, Asia-Pacific. Based in Singapore, he leads a team that’s hubbed in Singapore, Tokyo and Sydney. John has won multiple gold lions at Cannes, multiple gold pencils at the One Show, the grand prix and multiple golds at the Clios, best of show (twice) and multiple golds at AdFest, multiple golds at Spikes Asia, multiple golds at AWARD, the ADC prize (gold) in Tokyo, multiple acceptances in D&AD, Communication Arts and The Work book. He was named Asia’s Creative of the Year in 2004 and 2008 (the only person to win it twice). He topped the Creative Rankings in Asia/Pacific in 2004. He’s been asked to judge and speak at pretty much every major award show on the planet. He’d give it all back for more time in the water.

John Fitzpatrick

Amazon Web Services – Head of Start-Up Ecosystem – Southeast Asia

John leads Amazon Web Service’s (AWS) Startup Ecosystem initiatives across Asia. Over the last 15 years John has held leadership roles in two venture backed startups in the new media space, as well as strategy consulting and BD roles at Oracle, Booz Allen, and Amazon Web Services, forging global strategic relationships. John holds a Master of Business Administration from Columbia Business School and a Bachelor’s degree from UCLA. He has spent the last five years in Asia, during which he has held numerous mentorship roles with startups, accelerators and incubators.

Josh Gallagher

Havas Media – Chief Strategy Officer – APAC

Josh’s career began in Australia with over ten years of experience working in strategy roles with international media and digital agencies where he developed a strong passion for uncovering people’s relationships with brands and a deep understanding of emerging media technology.

In previous roles Josh has been a master of integration and advocate for collaboration, working on award winning clients across Automotive, FMCG and Entertainment categories with awarded campaigns spanning from branded entertainment to effectiveness.

As Chief Strategy Officer Josh is responsible for the agencies strategic output across Asia Pacific as well as developing training programs to keep up with the ever changing communications landscape. With speaking appearances at global digital forums and content & measurement conferences, while often called upon by industry publications for thoughts on the future of the industry, it is here where Josh believes he can create lasting impact by sharing success stories and growing practices.

Most recently, at the Campaign Agency of the Year awards, Josh was a recognized amongst the best strategic planners across the region.

JP Vergara

Cobena Business Analytics & Strategy, Inc – Chief Analytics Officer

Recently Vice President for the Ateneo Loyola Schools and Professor of Computer Science at the Ateneo de Manila University. Specializes in algorithms and taught courses in several areas in Computer Science including Artificial Intelligence, Data Mining, Software Engineering and Database Systems. BS Mathematics graduate from Ateneo de Manila University, MS and PhD degrees in Computer Science from Virginia Tech. An academic and a professional with nearly 30 years experience in systems consulting. As consultant, he has assisted groups in industry and government in formulating strategies, addressing chall

Kamal Oberoi

Kantar Millward Brown – Senior Director for Media and Digital Solutions – SEA

Kamal has more than 12 years of experience in Media, Media Analytics, Media Research, Sales and Marketing Consulting. He used to work in MediaCom, IBM, and Pernod Ricard. Kamal has worked on different consulting assignments across FMCG, mobile handsets and IT sector (Hardware and Software). He joined Kantar Millward Brown Singapore in 2015 focusing on media research analytics and digital campaign effectiveness solutions across Southeast Asia

Kenneth Yang

Golden Arches Development Corporation – President and CEO

Kevin Lawrie

INBOX25 – Co-Founder

Kevin Lawrie is a co-founder at INBOX25, a leading marketing automation platform headquartered in New York City, with clients in 60+ countries around the world. Although he recently dropped the title of CTO, Kevin’s role extends beyond technology to both operations and product development. An avid fan of all things clean and simple, Kevin is still an active UI-design contributor for INBOX25. More than a frequent flyer and a lover of all things aviation, Kevin racks-up well over a 100,000 miles at 36,000 feet per year visiting clients, partners and family in every corner of the globe.

Leroy Pinto

Google – Head of Data Platforms – SEA and India

Leroy Pinto leads Data & Measurement Platforms for Google across Asia and India. Leroy is an experienced leader in analytics. He has driven analytics and optimisation practices at companies such as Accenture, IBM and a number of years at Google. Currently he is responsible for consulting and working with Googles top advertisers and publishers across the region. He is passionate about data being the new driving force behind the world economies. Advocates digital analytics, turning data into insights and data-driven best practices. Leroy holds a Bachelor Degree in Computer Systems Engineering at University of Technology Sydney and a MBA at University of New South Wales.

Lisa Watson

HP – Customer Success & Business Development Team Lead

In Asia since 1991, Lisa Watson is an expert business and marketing specialist with agency, technology and consulting experience. She is an active advocate of the Direct Marketing industry and has served as Chairman of the Direct Marketing Association of Singapore since 2002. She also sits on the board of the Global Alliance of Data-Driven Marketing Associations (GDMA) and the Advertising Standards Authority of Singapore.

Ms Watson joined HP in 2010 after more than 20 years of helping clients increase their returns on marketing investment by leveraging the power of data and insight. She founded her own company, Ibis Intelligence Services, in Singapore in 2001, and one of her key assignments was as a senior director with Oracle Corporation. Prior to this she spent over 15 years in advertising and direct marketing agencies including Leo Burnett, Young & Rubicam, Wunderman and OgilvyOne.

Ms Watson has worked with clients across industries and geographies having worked with companies such as Microsoft, Procter & Gamble, American Express, Apple, AT&T, BMW, Hewlett-Packard, Mercedes Benz, MasterCard, Nestle, Philips, SingTel, Standard Chartered Bank, The Economist and Xerox/Fuji Xerox.

Ms Watson is a regular author, trainer and conference speaker on four continents, and in Singapore she has lectured for Cornell Nanyang Institute of Hospitality Management, Singapore Management University and Helsinki School of Economics Executive Education program. She graduated from Lawrence University with an honors degree in Mathematics.

Manolo Almagroo

TPN – Senior Managing Director Retail Technology + Innovation

Manolo (Manny) Almagro leads TPN’s retail technology team and practice, providing strategic direction and creating best-in-class digital marketing solutions for the agency’s global brand and retailer clients. Since joining TPN in 2011, Manny has helped grow the agency’s digital and retail technology efforts into a holistic connected-experience offering. In addition to mobile, digital retail and e-commerce solutions, TPN provides clients with next-generation platform integration and customization, technology development and support, web and app development prototype engineering, and mobile and app technical integration. Manny’s intimate knowledge of retail technology combined with his ability to lead his team to cultivate transformative digital experiences, comes from his 15+ years working across the globe, continually monitoring emerging trends and opportunities. He has also lead the creation of TPN’s Innovation Lab, ensuring brands such as Comcast, Bank of America, Safeway, Clorox and PepsiCo are exposed to a curated set of retail tech incubators and to help them understand how to best integrate emerging technologies and applications to create meaningful experiences for the consumer. Manolo is a named inventor on digital signage software patent #6038545 is on the board of directors of for the Digital Signage Federation, and serves on the Advisory Board of the 2016 Digital Signage Expo. Over the past year, Manny brought his retail technology expertise as a speaker to the GSMA Mobile 360 Conference in Atlanta, SxSW by Southwest in Austin, the Restaurant Digital Marketing Conference in Manila, Philippines, SCALAs LATAM Partner Conference in Bogota, Colombia, Retail Evolution Conference in San Francisco, Shopper Marketing Summit in Chicago and the International Retail Design Conference in Miami.

Mario Domingo

lloopp (Natural Intelligence Solutions) – Co-Founder and Chief Product Officer

Mario is a Co-Founder and the Chief Product Officer of lloopp. He is an authority in business solutions and applications for machine learning, deep learning, natural language processing, and computer vision. His strong client-side understanding and strong innovative thinking allows him to be the ideal collaborative partner for enterprise seeking intimacy with their customers.

He spent a decade with Globe Telecom where he helped build award-winning and market-changing platforms and services. He worked in the areas of big data, analytics, mobile payment, NFC, mobile applications, and enterprise architecture. He helped build a culture of excellent execution by installing an Enterprise Project Management Discipline.

Mario has a master’s degree in Economics from Rob Marshall School of Business at the University of Southern California. His career was built from working in defense, telecom, and manufacturing.

Matt Sutton

AdParlor – CEO – Asia-Pacific

As CEO of Adknowledge Asia, Matt is leading Asia’s largest social and video advertising platform with 140 employees across nine markets. Since his former company Komli was acquired into Adknowledge in 2015, he has been overseeing all aspects of business operations in the Asia Pacific region. His focus will be on doubling headcount across Asia, entering new markets and a data partnership strategy. One of the key changes Matt has seen in the Asia digital market has been the growing impact of advertising technology on the accessibility and efficiency of digital media buying. Matt believes the next wave of digital advertising growth will be driven by companies that operate at the intersection where social, video, technology and data meet. AdParlor is well placed to service Asia’s advertisers in this space.

Mia Bulatao

LBC X – General Manager – Southeast Asia and Payments

Michel de Rijk

Xaxis – Chief Executive Officer – Asia-Pacific

Michel de Rijk is the Asia Pacific Chief Executive Officer of Xaxis. As CEO, Michel is responsible for Xaxis’ strategy and operations throughout the region, and this includes account management, trading, publisher relations and partnerships. Prior to his role with Xaxis, Michel was the Vice President for technology company, EyeWonder, in Asia Pacific, the Middle East, Dubai UAE as well as Singapore where he successfully launched their business operations. During his time with EyeWonder, Michel served in several roles throughout those regions and introduced the first ad-view-time metrics that allowed brands to gain insights into the actual visibility of an ad. This development initiated discussions between publishers and agencies to define the true value of an ad impression. Earlier in his career, Michel worked was the Manager of Online Media Sales and Business Development for De Telefoongids in 2005, a leading publisher in the Netherlands, where he managed their online media sales team. Since joining Xaxis in 2012, Michel has successfully launched Xaxis operations in 14 markets in Asia Pacific. Also playing a key role during the merger with 24/7 Media early 2014, Michel now manages a strong team of over 220 employees across the region, making Xaxis the largest programmatic company in Asia Pacific and globally. Michel currently sits on the board of directors of WPP and Dentsu’s joint venture companies – DTSi in Korea and DASL in Japan. A native Dutch, Michel has more than 10 years’ international business experience and continues to hold an extensive network in Europe, Middle East and Asia Pacific region.

Miguel Warren

Payoneer – Country Manager – Philippines

Miguel is the Country Manager of Payoneer Philippines, a leading cross-border payments company for small businesses and professionals worldwide. Founded in 2005 and based in New York, Payoneer is venture-backed, profitable and ranked in the top 100 of Inc. 5000’s Financial Services companies.

Miguel has been involved in financial services technology since 2003 with global solution providers such as FIS, SunGard and GFG Group (now Wirecard). He has worked with banks, mobile payment operators and payment schemes (Visa, Mastercard, UnionPay) across South East Asia to deliver card, mobile and cross border payment solutions for consumer and business-to-business (B2B) payments.

Minette Navarrete

Kickstart Ventures – President

Minette is Vice-Chairman and President of Kickstart Ventures, Inc., the corporate venture capital subsidiary of Globe Telecom. She is a member of the Ayala Corporation’s Innovation Advisory Council, and of Globe’s Innovation Advisory Board. She is a Senior Vice President at Globe Telecom, focusing on New Business, and a member of the Board of Directors of AdSpark, Globe’s wholly-owned digital advertising subsidiary. Minette has held a number of CEO/COO positions in various industries, ranging from scrappy Philippine startups to iconic global companies

Nandita Pal

Near – General Manager – Southeast Asia and Hong Kong

Nandita is responsible for scaling Near’s business in the region with key partnerships and strategic deals. She is also responsible for driving adoption of Near’s products amongst brands for marketing, business strategy and business operations. Prior to Near, Nandita spent over seven years with Nokia, heading Services Sales for its smartphones portfolio. She also spearheaded the Product Marketing of Nokia’s location-based services for its mobile phones portfolio across the globe. Nandita was a pioneer member of the team that launched Nokia Maps. Nandita has over 21 years of rich technology and mobile services experience in launching and selling new services. Her experience encompass global commercial sales, business development and global product marketing as well as go-to-market in the mobile and location based services space. Born into a family of race drivers and sportspeople, Nandita is passionate about sports herself. She is an avid traveller, always looking to experience new cultures and countries. She is currently based in Singapore.

Neil Hudspeth

Leo Burnett – Chief Digital Officer

Neil has spent over twenty years in Asia Pacific, and his career includes owning and leading Digital, Brand and Integrated Agencies across four continents. He is passionate about the transformative power digital delivers to shape customer experiences that drive brand growth. In 1995, he established a leading digital brand consultancy in London (which he subsequently sold), and continues leading digital transformation, innovative customer experiences and strategic consultancy for the Leo Burnett Group from Japan. Neil has provided C-suite strategic consultancy to deliver success for a diverse spectrum of clients including McDonald’s, Friesland Campina, Proctor & Gamble, Nestle, Tesco-Lotus, Coca Cola, TigerAir, Air New Zealand, Thai Airways, Virgin Atlantic, Phlip Morris, Samsung, Hewlett-Packard, British Telecom, Vodafone, China Mobile, Telkom Indonesia, Capitaland, Shell, UOB, Maybank, Bank Mandiri, China Everbright, Audi, Lexus, Ferrari, Mini, and BMW. Before joining Leo Burnett in 2010, Neil was CEO Asia Pacific for WPP’s Global Brand consultancy The Brand Union, and client-side with HP as Regional SVP, Head of Digital and Brand Strategy, Asia Pacific and Japan.

Nix Nolledo

Xurpas – CEO

Nix Nolledo is the Chairman and CEO of the largest listed consumer technology company in Southeast Asia (with a market capitalization exceeding $680 million), Xurpas Inc. which listed in the Philippine Stock Exchange last December 2, 2014. Xurpas’ listing has won several awards including the Best Small Cap Technology Deal in Southeast Asia for 2014 by Alpha Magazine, and the second Best Managed Small Cap Company in the Philippines by Finance Asia. – Nix is the Philippine venture partner of Wavemaker Partners, a member of the Draper Network which gives him a pulse on the latest innovations in global technology. – A foremost technology entrepreneur, Nix is also an angel investor in a number of technology companies here and overseas including Rappler.com, the largest social news network in the country, ACommerce, the largest e-commerce supply chain company in the region, and Kalibrr, the only Philippine startup that has made it to the prestigious YCombinator incubation program. – In 2015, Nix was selected as Endeavor Entrepreneur by non-profit organization Endeavor during its 60th International Selection Panel in San Francisco, USA. – – – This is the first time that the prestigious organization has ever conferred this title on a Filipino. – Last year, Nix was a recipient of The Outstanding Young Men (TOYM). The TOYM Awards recognizes young men and women who have demonstrated excellence in their fields and whose dedication to their profession resulted in significant contributions to the welfare of their countrymen. – Nix is also Ernst and Young’s 2015 Philippine Entrepreneur of the Year. He will be the Philippine representative to the EY’s World Entrepreneur of the Year to be held in Monaco in June 2016

Norland Templo

aCommerce – Vice President – Supply Chain

Orlando Vea

Voyager Innovations – President and CEO

Patrick Azzola

PayMaya – Managing Director and Co-COO – Philippines

Paolo is the managing director and co-chief operating officer at PayMaya Philippines (formerly Smart eMoney, Inc.), the digital financial services unit of PLDT and Smart Communications. He was managing director for United Kingdom at Rocket Internet AG, where he was responsible for financial technology. He helped grow Rocket’s influence in the alternative lending and mobile payments verticals, covering fundraising, idea generation and acquisitions. Prior to joining Rocket, Paolo was heavily involved in London’s globally dominant fintech sector, first as an executive at leading peer-to-peer lender MarketInvoice Limited – where he focused on investors, product, and strategy – and then as co-founder of financial software engineering firm Stelapoint. Paolo also spent 7 years at JPMorgan Chase between London and New York, where he focused on derivatives structuring for the world’s largest asset managers and foundations as well as helping to grow the company’s corporate derivatives sales and trading unit. Having grown up in an international and multilingual environment, Paolo studied International Relations at London School of Economics.

Patrick Rona

McCann Worldgroup – Chief Digital Officer – APAC

Bringing nearly 20 years of experience to this role, Patrick is responsible for reinforcing and expanding MWG’s market leading position, working with senior clients to develop and deliver digital marketing programs that drive revenue and profit growth for them and MWG, and working closely with local market CEOs and Digital Leads to embrace innovation in the provision of digital marketing services. Based in Singapore, Patrick joined MWG from DDB, where he was Chief Digital Officer of DDB APAC and President of Tribal Worldwide APAC. At DDB, Patrick worked closely with key clients across the region including McDonald’s, Fonterra, VW and Unilever to develop and implement innovative, digitally led marketing programmes.

Patrick joined Tribal DDB / DDB Group in 2010. From 2010-2012, Patrick was the President of Tribal DDB and Chief Digital Officer for the DDB Group in EMEA. Based in London, Patrick worked closely with key clients across the region including Ericsson, McDonald’s, Unilever and VW. In addition, Patrick was instrumental in forging strategic partnerships with some of the leading companies in the digital economy including Apple, Facebook, Google and Twitter. In his CDO capacity, Patrick worked closely with the DDB Europe regional team and the CEOs of local DDB agencies across the region to drive improvement in the provision of digital marketing services across the group.

Patrick joined the DDB Group from OgilvyOne, where he ran the global Unilever digital marketing account based in London. Overseeing and coordinating teams across five regions and over twenty five countries, Patrick helped some of Unilever’s top global brands including Dove, Persil (Omo), Becel/Flora, Hellmann’s and Vaseline to embrace and utilise the ever expanding arsenal of digital channels including social media, mobile and viral marketing in additional to display advertising and search, to engage with consumers and drive sales.

Prior to OgilvyOne, Patrick spent nearly seven years at Digitas, first in NY then in London. Having advanced from Account Director to Senior Vice President, Patrick managed a team of over thirty marketers, strategists and measurement experts and led the agency’s relationships with some of it’s top clients including Ericsson, Royal Bank of Scotland, GlaxoSmithKline and Yahoo!. Patrick began his digital marketing career at Agency.com in the mid-90’s where he managed several accounts including British Airways, Hewlett Packard, Kmart and Unilever.

Married with two children, Patrick spends his precious free time chasing his two boys across the parks and sporting grounds of Asia, wishing he was at least ten years younger.

Paul Tomes

PassKit – Co-Founder and CEO

Paul Tomes, is the co-founder and CEO of PassKit®; a mobile engagement technology leader that helps some of the world’s biggest brands acquire, engage and deepen relationships throughout the customer lifecycle. Since the introduction of the mobile wallet and beacon technology, Paul and his team have been at the forefront of applying these technologies to drive engagement, loyalty and convenience across a broad range of industries. PassKit was born out of innovation when Paul, and his business partner, saw application for their carrier-grade finance cloud infrastructure to power Apple® Passbook®. In 2015, PassKit was included as one of the only software solutions in Intel’s IoT Solution Alliance and in 2016 Hong Kong Business named PassKit as one of the hottest start-ups. Today, PassKit is powering millions of mobile experiences on behalf of clients all over the world; including Best Western, DFS, Azul Airways, JetStar, Resorts World, Uber, and AIA. Prior to PassKit, Paul spent ten years in financial services, where he served on the board of directors at Credit Suisse Business Analytics, and designed and implemented HSBCnet for HSBC. Paul’s career began in the automotive industry where he was instrumental in the introduction of lean process engineering for many of today’s Ford vehicles.

Paulo Campos

Zalora – Co-Founder and CEO – Philippines

Mr. Paulo Campos is the co-founder and CEO of ZALORA Philippines, having founded the company in late-2011 after seeing the opportunity to take advantage of the emerging e-commerce industry in the country. Prior to ZALORA he was a management consultant with The Boston Consulting Group in Singapore where he worked with companies across the region on issues related to business development, organizational development, investor communications and strategy. Paulo holds an MBA from Harvard Business School and graduated magna cum laude from Princeton University with a degree from its Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs. After university, he was employed with Ayala Land as Special Assistant to the President. His passions and interests include architecture, urban planning, music and travel.

Phil Townend

Unruly Media – Managing Director – APAC

Phil joined Unruly in 2010 as 5th employee. As EMEA MD, Phil grew the European business to 6 offices before leaving for Singapore to launch Unruly APAC in April 2014. Unruly now has offices in Singapore, Japan, Australia, South Korea with another 4 to follow in 2016. Before joining Unruly, Phil held various roles within agencies, broadcasters and ad technology start-ups. A digital ‘early adopter’, he moved from TV into digital marketing in 1999 and remembers his then boss at Carat telling him that ‘internet advertising will never take off’! He was responsible for the world’s first ad-funded English Premier League video platform back in 2006, pioneering online video advertising in the UK and was Director of Digital Advertising for various companies within Richard Branson’s Virgin Group between 2001 and 2008. Phil is currently co-Chair of the Singapore/ South East Asia IAB Content Committee and passionately believes that great content and non-invasive, permission based ad delivery will be key to preserving the future of the ‘free internet’. He has 3 children under 4 years old and supports Sheffield Wednesday, whom most of you have probably never heard of.

Radhecka Roy

Ipsos – Global Lead – NPD

Radhecka is based in Singapore and has over 23 years’ experience overseeing highly strategic client relationships across the APAC region. This includes considerable experience working with FMCG categories and on brands across APAC and Western markets. In her current role, Radhecka focuses on innovation and NPD as well as advanced qualitative research for insights and product development. One of the areas that has been of special interest is leveraging social media and social listening/big data for qualitative curation. Radhecka has received full accreditation from Unilever as a Research Lead. Radhecka has her basic graduation in Political Science and has completed a Diploma in Marketing after graduation.

Renaud Besnard

Uber – Marketing Director – APAC

Renaud is responsible for marketing strategy development and execution to drive explosive growth and build brand love for Uber across Asia-Pacific. Prior to joining Uber in 2016, Renaud spent 9 years at Google across senior positions in the UK, France and Singapore, notably leading Google’s EMEA advertising product marketing strategy and as marketing director for Southeast Asia. Renaud had initially started his technology marketing career in Europe at Nortel Networks then Microsoft. Renaud holds a Bachelor degree in Commerce from ESSCA Business School (France), a Masters in International Business from the University of Manchester and MBA from the University of Oxford (UK). He’s a compulsive traveller having visited over 65 countries, outdoors enthusiast, keen (although very average) runner, fond Hokkaido snowboarder and proud dad to 2 young children born in Singapore.

Ricardo Reis

Adtz/Adglow – LatAM Founder & Regional CEO

Rohit Jawa

Unilever – Chairman and CEO

Rohit has 27 years of experience with Unilever in various roles across customer development, marketing and general management. He completed his undergraduate degree in Science from St. Stephens College followed by an MBA from the Faculty of Management Studies at the University of Delhi, India. He joined Unilever directly from campus as a management trainee in India. He has since then been based across several countries – India, Vietnam, Thailand, Singapore and Philippines across roles spanning local, regional and global markets. Currently, he is the Chairman and CEO for Unilever Philippines Inc. Unilever Philippines is a leading CPG company in the Philippines and is one of the priority emerging market businesses for Unilever globally. Rohit has contributed widely to the industry in the Asian region as an expert speaker and judge in several regional strategy, advertising and marketing forums. He was picked up by the Internationalist Magazine as one of ‘The Asia 50’ marketers in 2013. Recently he has been awarded the ‘CEO Excel’ Award for 2015 by the Philippines chapter of International Association of Business Communicators for leadership in business communication. He has previously served as the founding Secretary for the Food Industry Asia, Singapore and is now contributing as the Co-Chair of the ‘Grow Asia Philippines’, a WEF initiative for inclusive business models focused on agriculture.

Ron Hose

Coins.Ph – Co-Founder and CEO

Prior to Coins.ph, Ron was a founding partner at Innovation Endeavors, an early stage venture capital fund backed by Eric Schmidt. Ron was also the co-founder of TokBox (acquired by Telefonica), a consumer video conferencing company. TokBox was backed by Sequoia Capital, Bain Capital, Stanford University and some of Silicon Valley’s best-known angel investors. Ron holds a Bachelors and Masters degree from Cornell University, where he graduated at the top of his class. Ron is also an active investor and adviser to several Silicon Valley startups.

Ryan Morales

Google – Head of Product Marketing and Strategy – Art, Copy, and Code

Ryan Morales is the Head of Product Marketing and Strategy for the Art, Copy & Code group – a Google initiative created to explore new ways in which technology can help build brands in a digital world. Previously, he was the Head of Consumer Marketing for Google Southeast Asia, and Google Philippines’ first Country Marketing Manager, overseeing both business-to-business and business-to-consumer responsibilities for the nation. Ryan is a Google veteran, bringing with him over eight years’ of experience as a founding member of YouTube’s B2B Marketing Team and as Global Lead for YouTube Partner Promotion Marketing. Prior to Google, Ryan has over a decade’s experience in marketing and market research for online properties such as CNET Games & Entertainment (now CBS Interactive), and in the biotech industry for companies such as Novartis and IMS. His areas of focus have included digital strategy, online and display advertising, digital media marketing, creative agency outreach, and partner promotion. He has a bachelor’s degree in Political Science and Dramatic Art from the University of California Berkeley, and an EdM in International Education Policy from Harvard University.

Sandeep Pandey

Maxus – Head of Marketing Effectiveness – APAC

Sandeep is an experienced strategy consultant with a demonstrated track record of driving business growth for leading clients from industries as diverse as FMCG, automotive, telecom, retail, insurance, banking, brewery, and media, among others. He have led high-end client assignments in marketing and advertising strategy and analytics at some of the leading Fortune 100 companies as well as startups, with a focus on helping the C-Suite drive business growth and revenue. Besides his work in core analytics, he has been helping clients drive growth through the new age channels by building adaptive frameworks for marketing investments and developing POE strategies to improve brand performance. He has helped clients streamline big data using proprietary and custom-built systems to draw actionable business insights using digital analytics and real time attribution modeling. He has published articles and white papers on the subject of business analytics and adaptive planning in leading business daily. He has spoken as subject matter expert at a number of industry forums and panel discussions on marketing analytics in Asian markets. His views have been solicited by the media at international events besides being published in business magazines. He has also been guest faculty at a number of top notch B-schools and undergrad colleges. He joined groupm in 2005 to lead its Business Science practice and since then helping clients with strategies and roadmaps that align cross-organizational marketing & business objectives and achieve consensus among key stakeholders. Prior to groupm, he has gained good business consulting experience at global companies such as HCL Tech, Avon and SmartAnalyst. Sandeep holds a Masters in Statistics from Delhi University and an Executive Degree in Business Management from the Indian Institute of Management Kolkata.

Sandhya Devanathan

Facebook – Group Head, Southeast Asia – Ecommerce, Travel & Financial Services

Sandhya Devanathan is the Southeast Asia Group Director for eCommerce, Travel, and Financial Services at Facebook, where she works with the region’s largest brands and startups on building for the mobile world. Prior to joining Facebook, Sandhya was a Managing Director at Standard Chartered Bank, managing their half-a-billion dollar revenue retail banking and payments business in Singapore. Sandhya started her career at Citi as a management associate in India and was a founder-member of their innovative digital business team. In her 15 year international career across Citi and Standard Chartered, Sandhya has managed multiple businesses and spearheaded innovation in consumer banking and payments. Sandhya is a passionate advocate of women in leadership and diversity at the workplace. She launched the STEM program for 3,000 Singaporean school girls with UN Women, was co-chair of the women’s council at StanChart and is actively involved with Women@FB initiatives

Sean Ter

Innity – Regional Strategy Director

Sean is currently serving as the Regional Account Director at Innity. In his role, Sean is responsible for improving market adoption across the region to provide the best digital solutions for clients. He is also tasked with fortifying Innity’s regional partnerships with key exclusive publishers namely Yahoo, ESPN and Skyscanner. His expertise extends beyond these 3 platforms, and is a strong proponent of content marketing and programmatic.

Having worked as an analyst and consultant in Australia, China, and Malaysia, Sean brings a great understanding of data and analytics into his work. His expertise and professional instinct is instrumental in positioning Innity as a leading provider of online advertising technologies in Asia.

Sherwin dela Cruz

iFlix – Country Manager – Philippines

Sherwin is the Philippine Country Manager for iflix – the world’s leading Internet TV service for emerging markets, offering users unlimited access to thousands of TV shows, movies and more. With a strong vision to empower consumers to access content that they love both wherever and whenever, Sherwin spearheads all local efforts to put the e ntertainment revolution into as many hands and devices as possible. Prior to iflix, after a stint at IBM, Sherwin built a career leading a number of startup companies geared towards changing consumer behavior in both the trade and entertainment industries. He also graduated with a degree in Communications Technology Management from Ateneo De Manila University.

Simon Kahn

Google – Chief Marketing Officer – Asia-Pacific

Steve Kalifowitz

Twitter – Brand Strategy and Advocacy Lead – APAC and MENA

A two time Emmy Award winning producer, Steven Kalifowitz’s career has been rooted in storytelling manifest in three industries: social media, digital production, and broadcast television. Steven is currently Twitter’s Head of Brand Strategy for APAC & MENA, based in Singapore. Steven leads a team of strategists and technologists throughout the region who design and implement solutions for Twitter’s top advertisers. Follow him: @skalifowitz

Stuart Jamieson

Nielsen – Managing Director – Philippines

Stuart has been responsible in leading Nielsen’s Watch and Buy growth strategy in the Philippines as managing director since 2012. Recently, Stuart took on an expanded role when he was appointed as cluster lead in the Emerging Markets group, overseeing the business performance of Thailand, Vietnam and Myanmar. Prior to these appointments, he had held various leadership roles in Nielsen’s businesses in Australia and New Zealand. Stuart’s expertise goes beyond market research having worked in media and consumer packaged goods industries prior to starting his career at Nielsen. An experienced presenter, Stuart is a frequent featured speaker in various industry events and press interviews in which he shares his insights on consumer behaviour and media consumption.

Sunita Kaur

Spotify – Managing Director – Asia

Sunita Kaur, Spotify’s Managing Director for Asia, drives the strategic direction of the service as it continues to reach out to a rapidly growing audience of music fans across the region. Since joining Spotify’s Singapore office in 2013, Sunita has led the service’s expansion across Asia as well as managing the region’s revenue division. Apart from helming Spotify launches in Singapore, Hong Kong, Malaysia, Taiwan, Indonesia and the Philippines, Sunita has overseen the growth of crucial business units in the region, including partnerships, product programming, payments and conversion. Sunita joined Spotify from Facebook, where in 2010 she was part of the team that set up Facebook and grew its presence across Asia. With 20 years’ experience in the industry, including print stints at Time Warner and Singapore Press Holdings, Sunita entered the world of digital media as Associate Director (Singapore) and International Accounts at Microsoft Advertising

Thomas Guignard

Waze – Regional Manager – EMEA

Thomas Guignard is the Waze Regional Manager for EMEA & APAC. He was in charge of opening of the French office and building of the French team. Now, he is managing local Waze teams across EMEA & APAC to grow Waze’s partnerships with agencies and advertisers. Before joining Waze, Thomas was an Industry Leader at Google, managing a wide range of traditional sectors – Energy, Public sector, etc. – in order to influence and accelerate their digital transformation. He started his career in the strategy & management consulting space at AT Kearney.

Tim Phang

LinkedIn – Insights Lead, North and South-East Asia – Marketing Solutions

Tuomas Peltoniemi

TBWA/Digital Arts Network – President – Asia

With more than 17 years in digital marketing, Tuomas has worked in the intersection of technology, strategy, creative and business since the late 1990’s. As President, Asia, Tuomas oversees Digital Arts Network and drives innovation, technology, and digital capabilities for TBWA\? across Asia. Previously, Tuomas was the Head of Digital Arts Network in Singapore. During his leadership, DAN Singapore has been consecutively recognized as one of the leading and most innovative digital agencies in South East Asia. Tuomas was featured by Campaign Asia-Pacific as 40 under 40 to watch, awarded as Digital Specialist of the Year at the Hall of Fame awards in 2015, and the Stars of Martech – Digital Ace award in the Marketing & Tech Innovation Awards in 2016. He is also a regular speaker at digital industry events, and he has been involved in awards juries across multiple continents. Tuomas is also a startup advisor, mentor, and angel investor for innovative early stage technology startups.

Vikas Gulati

Opera MediaWorks – Managing Director – APAC

As Managing Director, Asia at Opera Mediaworks, Vikas is responsible for building and scaling the company’s revenue and operations, enhancing platform capabilities and strengthening its position in the mobile advertising ecosystem in the region. As part of his job, Vikas drives network and relationships with advertisers, premium publishers, developers and strategic partnerships in APAC. Vikas is an established business leader with 16 years of experience and has a proven track record of building and scaling up digital media, mobile and ad­tech startups in Asia. Most recently, he was Vice President at Vserv (mobile advertising exchange). In 2008, he set up the Asia business for Sprice.com, a leading online travel search & display network, now part of Travelport. He has held various leadership roles at ZenithOptimedia/Publicis, managing top accounts such as Procter & Gamble, Asia Pacific Breweries, LVMH, ESPN, LG, among others. Vikas is a regular contributor and guest columnist for regional digital publications and has served on the advisory board of the Mobile Marketing Association and Adtech ASEAN. He is passionate about technology, innovation, building business, emerging markets, and is an active angel/seed investor in startups in South East Asia.

Wendy Hogan

Oracle – Marketing Transformation and Strategy Director – APAC

Wendy Hogan recently joined the CX team at Oracle as Marketing Transformation and Strategy Director, APAC. Prior to Oracle, after more than a decade leading CBS Interactive, Wendy worked as a business advisor, developing the business strategy for a range of digital businesses. Based in Singapore since 2010, Wendy is an active industry advocate, non-executive director and start up mentor.

Hamish Munro

IPSOS – Chief Executive Officer – Southeast Asia

Hamish Munro has 20+ years of experience in market research and is equipped with extensive market knowledge of the Asia Pacific region. His specialist skill sets contain qualitative research methodologies and brand/advertising tracking. He has lived and worked in Australia, Indonesia, Singapore, Taiwan, and Hong Kong.

Hamish has significant experience in coordinating and analyzing large research projects. His industry knowledge focuses on the Financial Services & Mobile Technology sectors.

In addition, Hamish has expertise in providing high value-added strategic consultancy to clients, has close interactions with consumers and local/international clients and is particularly good at applying research findings into marketing strategies.